"Fair enough," Tim said, nodding to that. "I guess if you're keeping pets you'd have to check up on them a bit." Tim had honestly never had a pet, so it was mostly a logic thing for him.

He hesitated, but when he spoke again, he'd dropped some of the edge off of his voice. "I'd offer to help, but you've already had a taste of my naming skills." Red Bird was just about the only thing he had ever named. Besides secret identities.